Johnny Allison, right, chairman of Home BancShares Inc. of Conway, and Wallace Fowler, chairman and CEO of Liberty Bancshares Inc. of Jonesboro, talk about their combined markets. (Photo by Mauren Kennedy)

Workers watch as a section of damaged ExxonMobil oil pipeline is removed from the ground in Mayflower on April 15. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

The debate over approval of Arkansas' private option program associated with the Affordable Care Act pitted GOP members of the General Assembly against each other, such as House Speaker Davy Carter, R-Cabot, who voted for the option and Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, who voted against it.

St. Vincent Health System and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences couldn’t reach an agreement to form an alliance during 2013.

Readers were kept on their toes in 2013: Bank companies blurred lines by merging, Democrats felt the hangover of the 2012 elections while the GOP continued dancing with the stars. Some developers got lucky with new business while others felt the pull of gravity in the courtroom after breaking bad.

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